1989-90 Niagara Falls Thunder Statistics
Team Record: 23-39-4 - 50 points
in the OHL's Emms Division
Lost in 3rd Round
Coach: Bill LaForge (0-0)
Coach: George Burnett (19-25-2)
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
The Niagara Falls Thunder of the Ontario Hockey League ended the 1989-90 season with a record of 23 wins and 39 losses and 4 ties for 50 points in the OHL's Emms Division.
The Thunder netted 278 goals and yielded 355. Keith Primeau scored 57 goals for Niagara Falls, and Brad May tallied 30 or more as well. Keith Primeau contributed 70 assists. Steve Udvari topped the squad with 19 wins and a team-best 4.61 goals against average, best among goalies with significant playing time.
Bill LaForge and George Burnett coached the team. The 1989-90 Niagara Falls Thunder lost in the in 3rd Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Primeau | C | 65 | 57 | 70 | 127 | 97 | 0.88 | 1.08 | 1.95 | |
| Brad May | L | 61 | 33 | 58 | 91 | 223 | 0.54 | 0.95 | 1.49 | |
| Jason Winch | C | 46 | 25 | 46 | 71 | 6 | 0.54 | 1.00 | 1.54 | |
| Paul Laus | D | 60 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 231 | 0.22 | 0.58 | 0.80 | |
| Andy Bezeau | LW | 60 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 206 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.65 | |
| Greg Suchan | W | 43 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 38 | 0.26 | 0.63 | 0.88 | |
| John Johnson | C | 39 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 10 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.92 | |
| Greg Allen | D | 60 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 79 | 0.22 | 0.38 | 0.60 | |
| Mark Lawrence | R | 54 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 126 | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.61 | |
| Don McConnell | C | 48 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 18 | 0.27 | 0.40 | 0.67 | |
| Paul Wolanski | D | 63 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 57 | 0.13 | 0.32 | 0.44 | |
| Jeff Walker | D | 60 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 75 | 0.12 | 0.28 | 0.40 | |
| Mike Polano | C | 27 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 56 | 0.11 | 0.56 | 0.67 | |
| Don Pancoe | D | 61 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 114 | 0.03 | 0.26 | 0.30 | |
| Ken Ruddick | D | 54 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 85 | 0.09 | 0.22 | 0.31 | |
| Shawn McCosh | C | 9 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 0.67 | 1.11 | 1.78 | |
| Dave Anderson | D | 21 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 0.29 | 0.48 | 0.76 | |
| Todd Coopman | C | 32 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 0.38 | 0.38 | ||
| Jason Soules | D | 9 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 0.22 | 0.89 | 1.11 | |
| Colin Miller | C | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0.21 | 0.36 | 0.57 | |
| Geoff Rawson | F | 62 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 0.05 | 0.08 | 0.13 | |
| Mike St. John | L | 28 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.25 | |
| Brian Mueggler | R | 48 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.15 | |
| Dave Carrie | C | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 | |
| David Benn | D | 51 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 108 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.10 | |
| Dan Krisko | C | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.08 | ||
| Drew Rees | D | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0.11 | 0.11 | ||
| Trevor Renkers | F | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Todd Simon | C | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.11 | 0.11 | ||
| Adrian VanderSloot | RW | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0.17 | 0.17 | ||
| Steve Udvari | C | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||
| Bill Armstrong | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0.25 | 0.25 | ||
| Devon Colquhoun | F | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0.04 | 0.04 | ||
| Rick Girhiny | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Roch Belley | G | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0.04 | 0.04 | ||
| Rob Fournier | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Buote | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alain Laforge | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ryan Hughes | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Todd Reynolds | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Lyle Peel | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rick Cormier | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tom Chapman | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1244 | 277 | 484 | 761 | 1818 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roch Belley | 23 | 1029 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 6.65 | |||
| Steve Udvari | 46 | 2524 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 4.61 | |||
| Joe Buote | 2 | 120 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4.50 | |||
| Rob Fournier | 1 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7.00 | |||
| Todd Reynolds | 2 | 94 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7.66 | |||
| Lyle Peel | 5 | 171 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6.67 | |||
| Totals | 79 | 3998 | 23 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 355 | 5.33 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Primeau | C | 16 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 49 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.06 | 2.06 |
| Brad May | L | 16 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 64 | 0 | 0.56 | 0.81 | 1.38 |
| Jason Winch | C | 16 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0.56 | 0.75 | 1.31 |
| Paul Laus | D | 16 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 71 | 0 | 0.38 | 1.00 | 1.38 |
| Andy Bezeau | LW | 16 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 73 | 0 | 0.38 | 0.56 | 0.94 |
| Greg Suchan | W | 14 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 0.21 | 0.57 | 0.79 |
| John Johnson | C | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.47 |
| Greg Allen | D | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.19 | 0.25 |
| Mark Lawrence | R | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.31 | 0.44 |
| Don McConnell | C | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.38 |
| Paul Wolanski | D | 16 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.44 | 0.69 |
| Jeff Walker | D | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.31 |
| Don Pancoe | D | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0.06 | 0.31 | 0.38 |
| Ken Ruddick | D | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0.40 | 0.40 | |
| Todd Coopman | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Geoff Rawson | F | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.25 |
| Mike St. John | L | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.08 | |
| Brian Mueggler | R | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Benn | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Dan Krisko | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Todd Simon | C | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.27 | 0.09 | 0.36 |
| Steve Udvari | C | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Roch Belley | G | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Totals | 305 | 71 | 113 | 184 | 488 | 0 |
